Genre: Comic; Humor
Protagonists: Robots (male)
Reading Level: n/a
Series: Complete with 12 volumes
Originally reviewed in 2019
Review: This beginning chapter graphic novel tries hard to mimic the success of similar black-and-white titles like Bad Guys but ultimately falls short.
The story begins with Earth scientists sending out an exploratory rocket with a space camera. After many years, most people (and scientists) have forgotten about the rocket but it finally reaches the end of the universe and the camera shows them… an alien planet! It’s Mecha Base One and everyone on it is a robot! The cameras are released and quickly found by a couple robots.
Extremely dumb robots named Joe and Rob. They spend a chapter taking turns swallowing the robot to start with. Eventually, they realize it’s a camera and start doing dumb tricks and making lame jokes. The kids on earth decide it’s their favorite show and only one scientist (the narrator) believes the bots are real. A little tension is added with a tiny female robot named Tinny, who realizes the cameras are real and wants to rule/destroy the universe, but it seems unlikely that she will effect this goal. Meanwhile, the cameras follow Joe and Rob around their daily life.
The black and white illustrations show a robot universe, mainly by making everything more or less square and giving it antennae. There was no need to make the robots gendered, but the humans on earth are shown as a diverse group.
Verdict: This was really boring. Nothing happens, just a lot of lame jokes. Kids who are obsessed with Captain Underpants-style humor and spend a lot of time watching youtube videos will probably like this, but there are so many other better things out there that I think I can pass on this.
The black and white illustrations show a robot universe, mainly by making everything more or less square and giving it antennae. There was no need to make the robots gendered, but the humans on earth are shown as a diverse group.
Verdict: This was really boring. Nothing happens, just a lot of lame jokes. Kids who are obsessed with Captain Underpants-style humor and spend a lot of time watching youtube videos will probably like this, but there are so many other better things out there that I think I can pass on this.
Revisited: I ended up purchasing the series in 2021, just to fill out my offerings as I am getting a lot of requests for beginning chapters, but it hasn't really taken off, just a filler series.
Revisited 2024: It just took a little while - this now checks out regularly. I still think it's an additional purchase, but it was definitely worth purchasing for my library.
ISBN: 9781534436886; Published 2019 by Simon and Schuster; Purchased for the library
ISBN: 9781534436886; Published 2019 by Simon and Schuster; Purchased for the library
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